People Share Times When “There Was An Attempt” And Here Are 50 Of The Most Amusing Ones
We all know very well that things in this world tend to backfire. Call it a law of nature, a frequent twist of fate, or destiny. “Look who’s laughing now” is a phenomenon that has happened to virtually every one of us, and no matter what you do, it repeats again and again, and again.
The Reddit community “There Was An Attempt” is dedicated to precisely the comic absurdity of all the attempts in life that went against the plan, or turned in the wrong direction. Created in August 2015, the subreddit now has 1.9m members that are not immune to the funny attempts that “were there.”
“People enjoy the slapstick comedy of it. At the end of the day, everyone is laughing,” the subreddit’s moderator told Bored Panda in the interview that you can read in full below. And now we leave the stage to the ensued hilarity.
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To Make The Special Olympics Look Bad
To Complain About A Child Selling Hot Dogs
To Clean Up After Himself
Bored Panda spoke to redditor u/F4T4-M0RG4N4, the moderator of the r/ThereWasAnAttempt subreddit, who said that the community has evolved a lot since it was created 5 years ago.
“When I first joined the team, it was mostly a screenshot sub. A few months back, there was some drama about how there were only three mods who ran the subreddit (which at the time had around a million members).” As a result, they invited more people to join the moderator team and removed the screenshot posts.
To Get Drinks
To Make Speaking 2 Languages Sophisticated
To Sound Literate
For those who’re wondering what, precisely, “there was an attempt” refers to, u/F4T4-M0RG4N4 explained that it’s basically about “someone attempting something but ultimately failing.”
Conceptually, it’s similar to “if someone tried jumping off a trampoline into a pool but when they tried to jump, the trampoline tore. In that case, you could say, 'Well... there was an attempt, at least' and that’s where our subreddit comes into play.”
The posts are mainly about “some people having a dumb idea, trying out that idea, and failing.” This misery is what makes it so funny.
To Prevent The Homeless From Sleeping Here
To Start Cat Racing
To Prove That Patton Oswalt Is A Failed Comedian
I love him! He is the narrator on the Goldberg's.
Today, the moderator team only allows video submissions and cross-posts, “which are posts that were in one subreddit but were reposted to another (kind of like retweeting.” This format works better for r/ThereWasAnAttempt, since screenshots can more easily become reposts, for one.
Especially when there’s one similar subreddit that’s specifically for social media clapbacks and comebacks, but its content mainly features screenshots.When it comes to their 1.9 million member count, the moderator said that “I don’t think we have the exact same post frequency as, say, a meme subreddit.”
Partly, it’s because it isn’t easy to repost something from r/ThereWasAnAttempt. “I could probably look at the new section for r/memes and see quite a few frequent reposts.”
...to Photograph Birds
To Be Responsible And Uber Home
To Scare Your Boyfriend
At Going Outside
To Shame Atheists And Take Away Their Holidays
I Mean... You Tried..?
'Having Voldemort trying to kill him at every opportunity finally took its toll on Harry Potter'
To Be An Animal Activist
“Of course, if you really want to make something good, nothing beats a good old Louisiana Back-bay Bayou Bunny Bordelaise, a la Antoine.”
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Deer seem like the best meat option for those who oppose animal cruelty. They live in the wild. No hormones, cages, dirty conditions. The population is also skyrocketing due to lack of apex predators. I guess I'm bias since I know so many hunters. But I'd rather people hunt deer and feral pigs than wolves, bears, etc.
We are often the only apex predators left in their food chain. Over population leads to mass starvation. It might be counter intuitive but it's actually more humane to hunt them than to not.
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I joked a lot but on a serious note, deer meat has the highest protein and actually helped my son stay out of hospital due to illness. The men ONLY killed what was eaten and used even the hide and bones. Did not waste one part and praised the Lord for allowing us such a blessing.
You down voted me, would you not serve a deer if it helped to prevent damage your child's life?
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I'm not a fan of hunting but I will say that if you are hunting as your only means for survival or some ancient cultural practice I hold no offense. Its only when people hunt for sport and trophies, that I feel it is very wrong.
It's funny how people shooting a human habituated animal call hunting a sport. Most losers fall off their sofa onto their ATV and pretend they are doing something.
Some do some don't. The men I know share the meat with people who need food.
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Would never eat a deer. Prefer to enjoy them in their natural environment. Lived in the mountains of Eastern Washington for 18 years and put out salt licks every year.
This all goes to what animals we value over others. There's actually no moral difference between a deer and a snake, or a rabbit and a praying mantis. They should all be seen as equally precious. But we tend to value animals we consider "cute" over others and we have little respect for animals we breed to eat, even though cows, pigs and chickens are just as capable of feeling love, joy and trust as any other animals. There are only ethical reasons that separate one species from another, and these are (a) little or no waste (b) animal care, welfare and husbandry (from treating them humanely when making them ready for market, slaughtering them humanely, and making sure they're fit for human consumption). It's immoral to kill any animal and waste most of it. Life is to precious to treat the animals we eat with so little respect. Killing to contain disease or overpopulation are other reasons, although there's an argument that it's humans encroaching on their territory than they on ours.
Too, most of our farm animals have been bred for lack of intelligence--they're easier to handle that way.
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blood sports, killing defenseless animals because you can.. should be ashamed to be human.
You do realize that some people hunt to, oh, I don't know, eat?
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In soya marinade; 1/2 c. dark soy sauce, 1 c. red wine, 1T. minced garlic, 1 t. fresh oregano leaves. Mix marinade ingredients well, submerge meat, refrigerate 24 hours. Cook meat with or without marinade, in oven or in microwave. Serve with steamed rice. 1972 Recipe from my nana Mary Duarte from Portugal.
What cut of venison would you recommend for this recipe?
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I am a meat eater but just reminds me of Bambi or Rudolph these are NOPES😥
I wonder - why is free deer nopes, they have had a nice life , farmed animals are mostly grown in huge factorylike enviroments and suffer thorough their lives. Honest question. (I am vegetarian myself ) and are less healthy to eat too.
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I have never hunted and I am against it .Let animals live their lives in Freedom.Hunters are cruel....
I'm a vegetarian and even I said, "WTF?".... Get hungry, you hunt, you eat...
Whoever downvoted me, if I get hungry, yes, I'll break my vegetarianism to survive. I've been where it's one loaf of bread and a little can of peanuts to last a person two weeks. WEEKS. I hunted even when I had gone vegetarian, b/c my family needed food.
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Fun fact: they can (and will) kill you with their sharp hooves - or by kamikaze type road obstruction. Do not underestimate how dangerous these fur folks are. Not kidding.
When in doubt, ask Freddie. "Mama, just killed a man. Put a gun against his head. Pulled my trigger, now he's dead." Thanks, Freddie.
That was a crule thing to say knowing that it does happen. Human murder and providing food are billions of miles apart.
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My ex and his dad hunt for the meat. I always refused to eat it because I'm kind a weird about food. (Can't eat eggs if I picture the chicken while eating kind of weird.) Then my ex made tacos one night best tacos ever. Found out afterward that they were deer tacos. Now I love deer meat.
Just as an unrelated aside here, if ants knew how humans were messing up the planet and had the knowledge we have they could wipe out the entire human race within an hour.
I don't understand hunters these days. No need in most places. Hand in you despicable weapon
I have one as well! LOL! Also the "Eat A Pet Cookbook."
Load More Replies... I wonder - why is free deer nopes for some of you, they have had a nice life , farmed animals are mostly grown in huge factorylike enviroments and suffer thorough their lives. Honest question. (I am vegetarian myself ) and are less healthy to eat too.
And what about fluffly little lambs, baby calves, cute piggies eh, eh.
I love deer, I have a pet deer, doesn't stop me from eating an elk or deer though. (correction, I have a pet dog named deer)
Wow. To have a food source so natural and not have fillers, thank you my Father in heaven!
They are a huge problem in Michigan. Constantly wrecking cars and killing people. They need to have population control. Hunting season is too short
If you're cold, they are cold too... bring them in and warm them up... usually at about 350 or so...
I'm not a big meat eater, but I did eat some very tasty venison sausages a few years back...
I wonder why people don't have a bit of sense, it's part of food chain we are omnivores it's our instincts ,being a vegan not bad but seriously can't help eating meat it's part of us!! Lol
On our way to church a deer jumped into the side of my Dad's truck so hard it did damage. The men behind us saw it , knew Dad was in his eighties and not able to do something so they called it in , got permission , cleaned the deer and donated it to the hungry ( a place you call so the deer didn't die without being used for the good to them that love the Lord) We were grateful it didn't go to waste and grateful we weren't injured in the accident.
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Those of us with a sense of humor and a taste for what we’re meant to eat find it funny. Also, animal “rights” activists are the worst. Animals need welfare, not rights. Anyone who claims to be for “animal rights” needs to reevaluate everything they believe and also never ever ever support PETA.
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To Arrest A “Drug Dealer
To Make Fun Of A Bird
To Shame Men
To Sound Intellectual
To Take A Cute Picture
To Convince People To Be Pro-Life
To Defend God
Or when he flooded the earth, you know the whole Ark thing.
.... To Find Buried Treasure
To Be Racist
Am proudly a Muslim just like a Christian proudly a Christian and also like an atheist who is proudly an atheist!!!!!!! It's our believe when people think about freedom of speech, they forget about hurting other people's religion, but when we stand for our rights we are themed as paranoid. Just leave us alone, stop looking for trouble which you wouldn't get and exercise Human Rights fairly not partially degrading other people's religion. I quote everyone is different yet you try to make everyone the same religion, race, tribe all " Differences matters, yet that makes us who we are, denying our differences is denying the truth " I am A PROUD MUSLIM, it's me not you allow me to practice my religion in peace and stop popnosing on my affairs, everyone deserves right to religion just as u think!
To Suggest A New Idea
To Glorify The President
To Eat A Mozzarella Stick
To Motivate
To Betray Coca Cola
There Was An Attempt To Run For Mayor
To Replace I'm Sorry With Thank You
But actually this is a technique I used in customer service. For example when you put a customer on hold to go get more info, you ask them if they’re happy to wait. When you get back you thank them for waiting. If you say “sorry for the wait” it suggests you did something wrong, when really you were just doing your job. It leaves a different impression on the customer and genuinely impacts satisfaction.
To Prove How Unfashionable These Jeans Were
To Be Neighborly
To Provide Front, Side, And Rear Photos For The Car Insurance Rep
To Virtue Signal...
To Get A Cardi B Tattoo
I never realized that there is a level of messed up that someone would want to get an Anne Frank tattoo on your damn FACE
To Be Deep
To Display Plus Size Clothes Without Causing Offence
Considering that there are no plus sized mannequins, I think its good improv. (I'm on the larger size myself, and I'm nowhere near offended)
To Stand Up For The Joker
To Get A Heartwarming Tattoo
To Fuck The Police
To Keep A Streak Going
To Befriend A Porcupine
To Pass Security
To Sound Tougher
To Criticize A Garbage Man
To Be A Professional Company
All that's gonna do is make more people drive drunk. If Uber is so concerned about people throwing up in their cars or being violent (which is understandable) they should charge a deposit and/or allow the drivers to have pepper spray or something to defend themselves if necessary (not guns!).
To Create 3 Mexican Countries
To Hide
To Compliment Her Tattoos
To Explain Who Barack Obama Is
To Blame Homosexuality
To Karma Whore On Reddit
Also the astronaut program announced its first group of astronauts in 1959, she would have been 12.
To Make An Infographic
To Bash A Girl With Acne
I hate when adults hate on teens and kids on the internet. Grow tf up.
To Take A Panoramic Photo Which Included Their Dog
To Be Pro Lgbt
To Amputate
2,5 min, not 25 sec Apparently he also took of a guy's testicles by accident when amputating his leg.
To Cut In Line
Most likely the lady who cut the line went berserk : "If I hadn't cut the line I would have been eighteenth, GIVE IT TO ME!!!"
To Be A Good Person
To Ambush British Vessels
To Cook Smiley Buns
To Escape Prison
To Identify A Threat
And what was the problem even if he was writing in a foreign language?
To Draw A Horse
To Champion "Straight Pride"
To Say That Boomer Is A Racial Slur
If when comparing the badness of two words, you don't actually say one of them, that is the worse word!
To Ask Twitter
To Make A Serious Ad Campaign
This man's face has become a famous meme called "Hide the Pain Harold". He is actually a european model for stock photos so it makes sense he would appear in ads.
To Raise Self-Esteem
There Was An Attempt To "Shame" Someone Who Was Suicidal
To Stop Suicide
To Understand A Joke
Whoosh, BANG!!! (Joke flying over his head and breaking the sound barrier.)
To Be Patriotic
Liberia is connected to America because that was a country established for freed slaves, so the flag is likely a derivation of the US flag. But yeah the homophobe is also an idiot, which shouldn't be surprising.
To Play Hard To Get
To Be Inclusive
Every once in a while, straight people should know what it feels like to be erased. (Note, I'm straight.)
To Spread Anarchy
To Be Offended For Another Group Of People
That’s something I never understood... Don’t include different ethnicities: “You‘re only using white people, you‘re racist!” Include different ethnicities: “You‘re contributing to stereotypes, you‘re racist!” I mean... as long as you don’t portray a culture as inferior or ridiculous, how is including it wrong? Would they prefer Mario to wear a suit and a tophat and play the piano in this scene?
To Be Non-Binary
To Dress Up Like A Matrix Character....
To Have A Smart Shower Thought
To Be Anti-Government
To Run From A Flying Predator
To Avoid Death
By Google To Identify A Cat.
To Be Deep
To Get Into The Library
To Understand A Girl
Yeah, that's a good litmus test for they won't be keeping up with you.
To Blame Hispanics...
Hate crimes have surged nearly 20 percent during the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a new FBI report on hate crime statistics. The report also shows that hate-motivated murders, largely committed by white supremacists, spiked to their highest number in 28 years. https://www.newsweek.com/hate-crimes-under-trump-surged-nearly-20-percent-says-fbi-report-1547870
To Criticize The Local News Station
To Help Someone Trapped In An Elevator
To Market Her Oils
I got lectured at the bus stop once for wearing perfume, apparently I should only be using essential oils coz I am going to get cancer from wearing perfume.
To Construct A Tough And Resilient Airplane
The insanity of the idea. Where are you going to fly to when there's a nuclear war going on?
To Be Poetic
To Show China In A Positive Way
Yep, the US response to covid was way better, the best response, so great
To Not Be Racist
To Write A Math Question
There Was An Attempt To Catfish
If he was 23 prior to 2001, he's anywhere north of 42 now, depending on what year this photo was taken. Or it's just not him in the photo.
To Figure Out Trump’s Natural Skin Color
Oldschool Cool
To Have A Selfie With Mona Lisa
To Cure Cancer
To Have Fun With A Halloween Decoration
To Take Away Car Privileges...
There Was A Attempt To Steal A Joke
To Blackmail Jaromir Jagr
So now the world knows that Jaromir Jagr isn't gay and she's a gold digger. Jeez, big news....
To Roast Males
To Scare Someone
To Make A Cute Picture Of A Family Wearing Masks
To Save The Teens
To Infect Someone With A Virus
To Understand A Joke
To Ask About Dirty Toilets...
To Be Edgy And Poetic
"Hurt" is a noun, adjective, and a verb. The first poster is correct on the tenses and used the word as a verb instead of adjective.
To Promote Equal Rights
To Recreate The Spider-Man Meme
To Install A Kitty Door
To Have A Black Friday Week "Sale"
I laughed when I saw Catch of the day advertising on the TV last night. The Black Friday deal prices were pretty much the same prices that they always are.
To Be Sexist
Haha, Notice how womens problems start with Men. Menopause, Menstruation, Mental breakdowns etc lol.
To Make A Selfish Photoshop Request
To Predict A War With Iran
In the meantime, on Nov 18, 2020, Trump wanted to launch a strike on Iran
To Recreate A Wholesome Family Photo
To Help The Blind Read The Sign
To Get An A
To Be Inclusive
Wait, is this for real? Since when did controllers have a gender.
To Correct The Student's Answer
To Protest Homophobia
There Was An Attempt To Protest Racism
To Get Gold
... To Choose A Sexual Orientation
To Have Their Dick Sucked Tomorrow
To Write 7 Rings In Japanese
To Make A Dark Mode Only Meme
To Be Sassy
To Count Words
To Rick Roll On Reddit.
To Make People Stop Making Rape Jokes
To Make His Death Look Like A Suicide
Because the vast number of "coincidences" surrounding his death aren't suspicious at all. Cell mate removed from his cell on the same day he "suicided". Surveillance camera "out of order" on day he "suicided". Guards "forgot" to check on him after an earlier "suicide attempt". He also got off very easy in 2008 with a non-prosecution agreement for state charges in Florida of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.
At Least He Tried
To Sneak A Hot-Dog In The Back Pocket
To Sound Poetic
There Was A Attempt To Steal A Joke
Made my day. More of this please 😊 me and my mom once explored pepper spray. We bought one and guess what-had to to try it.And we did in a single room sprayed smelled... like adult, educated woman and cried for hours... I wonder why 🤔
That's like the don't look reflex: when someone says "don't look" we all look to know what we aren't supposed to be looking at :D
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I once tried to stop a drop of molten sugar from falling on the floor, by using my my hand.
That's an instinctive reaction, when you see something falling to the floor.
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Made my day. More of this please 😊 me and my mom once explored pepper spray. We bought one and guess what-had to to try it.And we did in a single room sprayed smelled... like adult, educated woman and cried for hours... I wonder why 🤔
That's like the don't look reflex: when someone says "don't look" we all look to know what we aren't supposed to be looking at :D
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That's an instinctive reaction, when you see something falling to the floor.
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